An edition of Working the deadbeat (2012)

Working the deadbeat

50 lives that changed Canada

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An edition of Working the deadbeat (2012)

Working the deadbeat

50 lives that changed Canada

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"Globe and Mail columnist Sandra Martin honours the lives of Canada's famous, infamous, and unsung heroes in this unique collection of obituaries of the first decade of the twenty-first century. Here are Canadian icons such as Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, economist John Kenneth Galbraith, social activist June Callwood, and urban theorist Jane Jacobs. Here are builders such as feminist and editor Doris Anderson, and businessman and famed art collector Ken Thomson. Here are our rogues, rascals, and romantics; our service men and women; and here are those private citizens whose lives have had an undeniable public impact. Finally, Martin interweaves these elegant and eloquent biographies with the autobiography of the obit writer, offering an exclusive and intimate view of life on the dead beat."--Publisher.

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Anansi
Language
English
Pages
429

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Subjects

Canada, History, Biographies, Histoire, Biography, Beru˜hmte Perso˜nlichkeit

Places

Canada, Kanada

Times

20th century, 20e siecle

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Table of Contents

Icons: John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) ; Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) ; Pierre Trudeau (1919-2000) ; Pierre Berton (1920-2004) ; Maurice "The Rocket" Richard (1921-2000) ; June Callwood (1924-2007) ; Arthur Erickson (1924-2009) ; Oscar Peterson (1925-2007) ; Maureen Forrester (1930-2010) ; Mordecai Richler (1931-2001).
Builders: Frank Calder (1915-2006) ; Duff Roblin (1917-2010) and Louis Robichaud (1925-2005) ; J.M.S. Careless (1919-2009) ; James Houston (1921-2005) and Kananginak Pootoogook (1935-2010) ; Celia Franca (1921-2007) ; Ken Thomson (1923-2006) ; Bertha Wilson (1923-2007) ; Robert Salter (1924-2010).
Rogues, Rascals, and Romantics: Irving Layton (1912-2006) ; Gordon Lunan (1914-2005) ; Scott Symons (1933-2009) ; Paul Brodie (1934-2007) ; Jackie Burroughs (1939-2010) ; Denny Doherty (1940-2007) ; Robert Burns (1942-2005) ; Paddy Mitchell (1942-2007) ; Chris Haney (1950-2010) ; Lindalee Tracey (1957-2006).
Private Lives, Public Impact: Ralph Lung Kee Lee (1900-2007) ; Mabel Grosvenor (1905-2006) ; Dora de Pedery-Hunt (1913-2008) ; Ed Mirvish (1914-2007) ; Simon Reisman (1919-2008) ; Doris Anderson (1921-2007) ; Jane Rule (1931-2007) ; Ted Rogers (1933-2008) ; Dorothy Joudrie (1935-2002) ; Peter Jennings (1938-2005).
Service: Helen Allen (1907-2006) ; Lyle Creelman (1908-2007) ; Israel Halperin (1911-2007) ; Ernest Alvia ("Smoky") Smith (1914-2005) ; Kay Gimpel (1914-2009) ; John Weir (1919-2009) ; Lucien Saumur (1921-2007) and Glen How (1919-2008) ; Rudolf Vrba (1924-2006) ; Anna Maria de Souza (1941?-2007) ; Donald Marshall (1953-2009).

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references: p. 417-426.

Issued also in electronic format.

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Toronto

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
971.06092/2
Library of Congress
F1005 .M373 2012, F1005 .M37 2012

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 429 p. ;
Number of pages
429

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Open Library
OL26494846M
Internet Archive
workingdeadbeat50000mart
ISBN 10
1770894489, 0887842461
ISBN 13
9781770894488, 9780887842467
LCCN
2014432206
OCLC/WorldCat
794300912

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